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Leroi, Armand Marie (2014). The Lagoon: How Aristotle Invented Science. Bloomsbury. pp.370–373. ISBN 978-1-4088-3620-0. a b Wilkins, John S. (16 September 2008). "Aristotle on the mayfly". Evolving Thoughts . Retrieved 16 October 2016. By using this service, you agree that you will only keep content for personal use, and will not openly distribute them via Dropbox, Google Drive or other file sharing services The History of Animals contains a large number of eye-witness observations, in particular of marine biology, in sharp contrast to Plato's "symbolic zoology". Aristotle's style and precision can be seen in the passage where he discusses the behaviour and anatomy of the cephalopods, mentioning the use of ink against predators, camouflage, and signalling. This is D'Arcy Thompson's translation: [9] Aristotle observed that the octopus can change colour when disturbed.

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Weigmann, Katrin (2005). "The Consequence of Errors". EMBO Reports. 6 (4): 306–309. doi: 10.1038/sj.embor.7400389. PMC 1299297. PMID 15809657. Aristotle's belief that the brain is a cooling organ for the blood was definitely not based on anything that scientists today would consider scientific evidence. He also thought that in humans, goats and pigs, males have more teeth than females, a notion easy enough to correct. His statement that flies have four legs was repeated in natural history texts for more than a thousand years despite the fact that a little counting would have proven otherwise.Eamon, William (1994). Science and the Secrets of Nature: Books of Secrets in Medieval and Early Modern Culture. Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-691-02602-5. Chcem pri nej kresliť, pre seba, pre Héloïse, pre Alisku, pre ľudí. Je ako káva, ktorá ti mení dynamiku dňa - tvoje chute poznať a skúsiť. Kusukawa, S. (July 2010). "The sources of Gessner's pictures for the Historia animalium". Annals of Science 67 (3): 303–328. doi:10.1080/00033790.2010.488899. PMID 20853813. http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/pdf_files/128/1286404337.pdf. Animalium is literally for everyone. Its illustrations are enchanting enough to entertain the imagination of the younger children while its accurately curated texts by Jenny Brown are informative enough to feed the intellectual hunger of the older audience. Forgotten the title or the author of a book? Our BookSleuth is specially designed for you. Visit BookSleuth

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Schmitt, Charles B.; etal. (1990). The Cambridge History of Renaissance Philosophy. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-39748-0. Aristotle: 'Historia Animalium': Volume 1, Books I-X: Text (Cambridge Classical Texts and Commentaries, Series Number 38) Context [ edit ] Aristotle spent many years at Plato's academy in Athens. Mosaic, 1st century, Pompeii Generally seen as a pioneering work of zoology, Aristotle frames his text by explaining that he is investigating the what (the existing facts about animals) prior to establishing the why (the causes of these characteristics). The book is thus an attempt to apply philosophy to part of the natural world. Throughout the work, Aristotle seeks to identify differences, both between individuals and between groups. A group is established when it is seen that all members have the same set of distinguishing features; for example, that all birds have feathers, wings, and beaks. This relationship between the birds and their features is recognized as a universal. The Arabic translation comprises treatises 1–10 of the Kitāb al-Hayawān ( The Book of Animals). It was known to the Arab philosopher Al-Kindī (d. 850) and commented on by Avicenna among others. It was in turn translated into Latin, along with Ibn Rushd (Averroes)'s commentary on it, by Michael Scot in the early 13th century. [21]Ogilvie, Brian W. (2006). The Science of Describing: Natural History in Renaissance Europe. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 0-226-62087-5. And, to my mind, it is these illustrations rather than the ‘gallery’ structure that really make the book. Old fashioned - if not ‘paint and ink’ than the digital equivalent - and reminiscent of the Victorian explorers colour plates found in natural history museums ('Images of Nature' might just be my favourite gallery in the whole of the Natural History Museum, London). They are enchanting and beautiful in the way that most photo snaps of animals don’t manage (though I do love animal photography and Wildlife Photographer of the Year is the only art exhibition anyone will ever find me in raptures about). They are the main attraction of the book and what makes it stand out from other, similar, children’s encyclopaedias and reference books. Aristotle: Historia Animalium: Volume I Books I-X: Text (Cambridge Classical Texts and Commentaries, Series Number 38)

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The Historia animalium was Gessner's magnum opus, and was the most widely read of all the Renaissance natural histories. The generously illustrated work was so popular that Gessner's abridgement, Thierbuch ("Animal Book"), was published in Zurich in 1563, and in England Edward Topsell translated and condensed it as a Historie of foure-footed beastes (London: William Jaggard, 1607). [ 1] Gessner’s monumental work attempts to build a connection between the ancient knowledge of the animal world, its title the same as Aristotle's work on animals, and what was known at his time. He then adds his own observations, and those of his correspondents, in an attempt to formulate a comprehensive description of the natural history of animals. [ 2] Library Company of Phil, Steven (2000). Legacies of Genius: A Celebration of Philadelphia Libraries: A Selection of Books, Manuscripts, & Works of Art. ISBN 1-151-45471-0. Gudger, E. W. (1934). "Jenny Hanivers, Dragons and Basilisks in the Old Natural History Books and in Modern Times". The Scientific Monthly. 38 (6): 511–523. JSTOR 15490Like Big Picture Press’ equally fantastic ‘MAPS’, this is almost A3 in size. It lends itself to this scale to showcase its abundance of breathtakingly beautiful, detailed illustrations. From the blue button jellyfish, to the Masai giraffe, many things feathered, finned, and fur-coated can be found here, and they are incredibly presented. No word of a lie – I even cooed over a sea sponge. Fudge, Erica (2004). Renaissance Beasts: Of Animals, Humans, and Other Wonderful Creatures. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 0-252-02880-5. Aristotle's methods of observation included dissection (Aristotle's lost companion work, The Dissections, contained illustrations of these [14]), so he observed animal anatomy directly, though his interpretations of the functions of the structures he observed were subject to error. Like other classical authors such as Pliny the Elder, Aristotle also gathered evidence from travellers and people with specialised knowledge, such as fishermen and beekeepers, without much attempt to corroborate what they said. [15] Apparent errors [ edit ] Mayflies walk on four legs, as Aristotle stated.

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To illustrate the philosophical method, consider one grouping of many kinds of animal, ' birds': all members of this group possess the same distinguishing features—feathers, wings, beaks, and two bony legs. This is an instance of a universal: if something is a bird, it has feathers and wings; if something has feathers and wings, that also implies it is a bird, so the reasoning here is bidirectional. On the other hand, some animals that have red blood have lungs; other red-blooded animals (such as fish) have gills. This implies, in Aristotle's reasoning, that if something has lungs, it has red blood; but Aristotle is careful not to imply that all red-blooded animals have lungs, so the reasoning here is not bidirectional. [1]The colored woodcut illustrations were the first real attempts to represent animals in their natural environment. It is the first book to illustrate fossils. [5] [10] a b Lang, Philippa (2015). Science: Antiquity and its Legacy. I.B.Tauris. pp.60–63. ISBN 978-0-85773-955-1. His observations were almost all accurate, according to the philosopher Anthony Preus, though Mario Vegetti argues that Aristotle sometimes let theory cloud observation. [10] Aristotle recorded that the embryo of a dogfish was attached by a cord to a kind of placenta (the yolk sac). Lai arī mazais jubilārs savu dāvanu (kā jau katru gadu) sagaidīja ar "Kāpēc tikai grāmata?", vecākiem patika, jau sāka aizrautīgi šķirstīt. Arī kāda cita mamma, izlapoja cauri grāmatai, novērtējot tās kvalitāti un skaistos attēlus. Lai nu vecākiem tiek!